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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank’s (ADIB) Private Banking Group recently held a series of seminars for its high net worth customers in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai, in line with its ongoing commitment to provide its customers with insights into regio

Commercial bank lending in Bahrain is expected to pick up after a slump, and the plunge of oil prices is not hurting liquidity in the banking system, Bahrain's central bank governor Rasheed Al-Maraj said on Tuesday.
Domestic a

Fintellix, a leading compliance, risk and analytics products and solutions provider for the global financial sector, is planning to expand its geographic footprint to the GCC.
Fintellix, formerly known as iCreate, is operationalis

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) have in partnership with industry leaders announced a year-long campaign promoting women in the financial and banking sector.
This follows a high-level meeting ye

Senior Islamic bankers and international experts from more than 15 countries will convene in Bahrain later this month to discuss internationalisation strategies for Islamic financial institutions.
They will be participating in the

Ethiopian banks and microfinance firms are launching mobile money services, helping reach swathes of the population that now have little access to branches or services, the mobile technology providers and banks said.
The launch of

The Banking Association of Bahrain in partnership with 21st Century Consulting (21CC) is holding a seminar explaining why organisational culture matters and how to diagnose its alignment with strategy.
The event will take place to

Global banking supervisors are reviewing a rule that allows banks to hold little or no capital against risky sovereign debt held on their books.
The so-called zero-risk weighting rule was heavily criticised during the euro zone de

The World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC), billed as the world's largest and most influential international gathering of Islamic finance industry leaders, opens in Bahrain today (December 1).
This year marks the event's

Islamic finance is growing at twice the rate of the traditional banking industry in its core markets, which include Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey and the GCC countries, according to an expert.
The industry currently boasts $1.6 tril